Dry Cleaning Release New Song ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’

“Secret Love is a wonderful album.” – MOJO’s Album of the Month *****

“The most important British guitar band of their generation.” – Uncut

“Their best work yet.” – Record Collector’s Album of the Month ****

“The most important album of 2026 before it’s even begun.” – The Standard

Today, Dry Cleaning share a quieter moment from their upcoming third album Secret Love (out 9 January 2026) in the form of third single, ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’. The new track follows ‘Cruise Ship Designer’ and ‘Hit My Head All Day’ and offers a gentler side to Dry Cleaning. ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’ was one of the first songs written for Secret Love and is inspired by 60s folk act Pentangle, 2001: A Space Odyssey, ancient Roman poet Virgil and musician Robyn Rocket. Lyricist Florence Shaw says, “The song is about hyper focus and loneliness. It’s confessional, like a diary entry, written in a stream of consciousness style.”

‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’ is accompanied by another BULLYACHE-choreographed dance video, this time with Chicago-based experimental jazz and metal musician Bruce Lamont taking centre-stage. Lamont’s saxophone contribution can be heard throughout much of ‘Let Me Grow…’

Check out ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’ HERE or via the player below.

Alongside this announcement, the band are announcing the rescheduling of their North American tour dates, and have issued a statement about this decision:

Aside from the great pleasure of sharing ‘Let Me Grow…’ with you all today, it is with heavy hearts that we must also share some important news.

We have had to make the difficult decision to move our Jan/Feb ‘26 US tour to May. This is due to a number of factors, not least of which the increasingly hostile economic forces that govern touring in the present day.

Thankfully we have managed to reschedule the majority of the original shows and all tickets will remain valid, if that suits you, and refunds available if it does not. Regrettably, we have been unable to make this work for all dates due to the shortened routing. Refunds will be available from your place of purchase and we will do everything in our power to play for you as soon as we can.

Thank you for your patience and continued support. Love, D.C.

Tickets for the rescheduled dates will be honoured while refunds for the other dates will be available from the point of purchase. For further information head to the band’s website here, and see below for the updated touring.

Secret Love is the finest expression yet of the profound friendships that created Dry Cleaning, between frontperson Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard. Here, the south London four-piece take their place in rock’s avant garde, catalysing the Reaganite paranoia of early 80s US punk and hardcore with the dry strut of Keith Richards, stoner rock, dystopian degradation, playful no wave and pastoral fingerpicking, while Florence’s delivery, meticulously calibrated to her bandmates’ soundscapes, asserts her in a lineage of spoken-word artists stretching from Laurie Anderson to Life Without Buildings’ Sue Tompkins.

The follow-up to 2021’s New Long Leg and 2022’s Stumpwork started life in Peckham rehearsal spaces, all four members writing, playing and responding to each other in the room: in Dry Cleaning, music and lyrics form an inseparable, generative whole. Secret Loveevolved through affirming sessions at Jeff Tweedy’s Chicago studio the Loft and explosive ones with Gilla Band’s Alan Duggan and Daniel Fox at Sonic Studios in Dublin, taking advantage of the sensory particulars of each space, and finally with Cate Le Bon at Black Box in the Loire Valley. After interviewing various potential producers, they picked Cate – an esteemed solo artist who has also made albums for Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, Wilco and Horsegirl – for her unabashed positivity and openness. “Being in a room with them and hearing that vitality and life force that exists between them all, it’s such a unique expression,” she says.

Secret Love is released on 9 January 2026 and will be available digitally, on CD, cassette, black vinyl, limited edition Apricot vinyl (4AD store & indie retail) and Pearl/Arctic vinyl (Rough Trade exclusive). A limited number of signed photo prints will also be available via the 4AD store and selected indie stores. To pre-order the album, and for more details head HERE.

DRY CLEANING TOUR DATES
3 January – BOGNOR REGIS, UK, Rockaway Beach Festival
9 January – BRIGHTON, UK, Chalk (Resident) 
10 January – LONDON, UK, Rough Trade East 
13 January – BRISTOL, UK, Strange Brew (Rough Trade) 
14 January – LEEDS, UK, Brudenell (Crash) 
15 January – NOTTINGHAM, UK, Metronome (Rough Trade)
7 April – BERLIN, GERMANY, Festsaal Kreuzberg
9 April – COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, Vega
10 April – HAMBURG, GERMANY, Mojo Club
11 April – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, Melkweg
13 April – BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, AB Box
14 April – PARIS, FRANCE, Le Trianon
17 April – DUBLIN, IRELAND, Vicar Street
18 April – LIMERICK, IRELAND, Dolan’s
20 April – CARDIFF, UK, Tramshed
21 April – BIRMINGHAM, UK, XOYO
22 April – LONDON, UK, O₂ Academy Brixton
24 April – GLASGOW, UK, SWG3 TV Studio
25 April – MANCHESTER, UK, New Century Hall
30 April – CHICAGO, IL, USA, Thalia Hall
1 May – TORONTO, CANADA, Concert Hall
2 May – MONTREAL, CANADA, Foufounes Électriques
3 May – HUDSON, NY, USA, Basilica Hudson
5 May – BOSTON, MA, USA, Paradise Rock Club
6 May – PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA, Union Transfer
7 May – BROOKLYN, NY, USA, Brooklyn Steel
8 May – WASHINGTON, DC, USA, Howard Theater
10 May – NASHVILLE, TN, USA, Basement East
12 May – OMAHA, NE, USA, Slowdown
13 May – DENVER, CO, USA, Meow Wolf
15 May – SALT LAKE CITY, UT, USA, Kilby Block Party
16 May – BOISE, ID, USA, Shrine Ballroom
17 May – PORTLAND, OR, USA, Wonder Ballroom
18 May – SEATTLE, WA, USA, Showbox
20 May – SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, August Hall
21 May – LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, The Belasco
22 May – SAN DIEGO, CA, USA, Casbah

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